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The 2012 IBM Master the Mainframe Contest drew 4,682 students from across
the US and Canada, making this contest our biggest ever. The fantastic
turnout and difficult challenges also made this our toughest contest yet.
All of the students below deserve special recognition for distinguishing
themselves through their extraordinary enterprise computing accomplishments.

2012 IBM Master the Mainframe Contest Wall of Fame

2012 IBM Master the Mainframe Contest winners: Part 3

In order to win Part 3, students had to complete a series of extremely
difficult and time-consuming tasks, mastering the inner-workings of mainframe
software products, security protocols, multiple programming languages and
various utilities. Students had three months to explore the system and
complete the contest tasks, with many contestants opting to complete the
challenges using Rational Developer for System z.

After a semester of hard work and dedication, the winners of Part 3 of
the 2012 IBM Master the Mainframe Contest are:

1st place:Miles Nosler, Texas State University

2nd place:Benjamin Paul, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

3rd place:Sushain Cherivirala, Dulles High School

4th place:Sudhir Adhikari, Marist College

5th place:Michael Nitchie, Eastern Michigan University

In addition to the winners above, several students also turned in exceptional
Part 3 performances. We'd be remiss if we didn't recognize the following
Part 3 Honorable Mention winners, who will receive a certificate from IBM to commemorate their outstanding
enterprise computing achievements:

Arun Agarwal, University of Texas at Dallas

Ade Barkah, Ryerson University

Luis Bustamante, Stevens Institute of Technology

Elton Cheng, University of California, San Diego

Joshua Dande, Stony Brook University

Michael Davis, University of Arkansas

James Ewell, West Texas A&M University

Samuel Fuller, Canyons Technical Education Center

Jung Ha, Ryerson University

Shane Hale, Rochester Institute of Technology

Dontrell Harris, North Carolina A&T University

Jie Hou, Northern Illinois University

Tyler Howard, West Texas A&M University

Zachary Hutchinson, Hunter College

Qijia (Michael) Jin, Stuyvesant High School

Miroslaw Juda, Rzeszów University of Technology (int'l audit)

Bojan Knezevic, Marist College

Matthew Kramer, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

The IBM Master the Mainframe Contest team would like to give special recognition to the students who managed to complete
the extremely difficult Part 2 challenges. After many hours of debugging, programming,
and learning to navigate a world-class enterprise system, all of the students below have distinguished themselves as extraordinary mainframers.

All students on the Wall of Fame have earned a certificate of completion from IBM to commemorate their achievements in Part 2.
The students with "(prize winner!)" after their names also won a Part 2 Prize Pack (see a full description on our Details page)
for being among the 60 fastest students to complete Part 2 100% correctly.

Congratulations to all of our Part 2 Mainframe Masters:

Jeremia Adair, Lake Brantley High School

Adenike Adebayo, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Sudhir Adhikari, Marist College

Arun Agarwal, University of Texas at Dallas (prize winner!)

Onajite Agbatutu, University of South Carolina

Yasser Al Khatib, Northern Illinois University

Edgar Aldahondo, Lake Brantley High School

Joshua Alequin, Lake Brantley High School

Aldrin Jerome Almacin, Georgian College

Eli Alman, Lake Brantley High School

Reno Alvarado, Marist College

Mohammed Alziyadi, IBM (mainframe pro audit)

Michael Ambrosius, Lake Brantley High School

Sonia Amirzadeh, Lake Brantley High School

Zechariah Andersen, North Dakota State University

Georg Anemogiannis, Lake Brantley High School

Michael Armstrong, University of South Carolina

Ehsan Asdar, Liberal Arts and Science Academy

Rebecca Ashley, Lake Brantley High School

Iskandar Askarov, New York Institute of Technology

Monica Bair, Lake Brantley High School

Ronald Baird, University of South Florida

Edward Banner, State University of New York at Potsdam

Jesus Barboza, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Ade Barkah, Ryerson University (prize winner!)

Ramon Bautista, Lake Brantley High School

Nathan Beals, University of Central Florida

Amanda Beauchamp, Lake Brantley High School

Ryan Beck, Lake Brantley High School

Nick Becker, University of Iowa (prize winner!)

Chris Bentley, Georgian College

Max Bergeron, Lake Brantley High School

Christian Best, Lake Brantley High School

Jayden Beyrooti, Lake Brantley High School

Ayaz Bhaiyat, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Jason Bibayoff, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Christian Bienaime, Lake Brantley High School

David Bobo, University of South Carolina

Simon Boerwinkle, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts (prize winner!)

Deborah Bonilla, Mohawk College

Justin Bonnett, Lake Brantley High School

Michael Borkenstein, Jonathan Dayton High School

Blake Boss, Lake Brantley High School

Michael Bowden, Lake Brantley High School

Adam Bria, Lake Brantley High School

James Brigden, Northeastern University (prize winner!)

Andrew Brusso, Calumet High School (prize winner!)

Theogene Bucuti, Hendrix College

Madison Buford, Lake Brantley High School

Joshua Burbridge, University of Central Florida

Maxwell Burggraf, Northern Guilford High School

Miles Burlingame, Lake Brantley High School

Michael Burnie, Georgian College

Robert Burwell, Lake Brantley High School

Luis Bustamante, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tyler Butters, Mohawk Valley Community College

Anthony Capponi, Lake Brantley High School

Kyle Carrero, Lake Brantley High School

Giovanny Castillo, Lake Brantley High School

Brady Cecere, Lake Brantley High School

Gustavo Centty, Lake Brantley High School

Ashton Ceppos, Lake Brantley High School

Shane Champion, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts (prize winner!)

Hemangini Chauhan, Georgian College

Steve Chavez, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Ling Chen, Lake Brantley High School

Lisa Chen, Lake Brantley High School

Elton Cheng, University of California, San Diego (prize winner!)

Sushain Cherivirala, Dulles High School (prize winner!)

Jason Chodyniecki, University of Louisville (prize winner!)

John Cigas, Park University (educator audit)

Ryan Cobb, Lake Brantley High School

Andrew Conduff, Lake Brantley High School

Cody Convery, Lake Brantley High School

Cameron Cooksey, Lake Brantley High School

Jacob Cooper, Lake Brantley High School

Jordan Cooper, Georgian College

Grace Coughlin, Lake Brantley High School

Toyam Cox, The Shoshana S Cardin High School

Zachary Dalfonso, Lake Brantley High School

Joshua Dande, Stony Brook University (prize winner!)

Caleb Daniels, West Texas A&M University (prize winner!)

Amy Davis, Lake Brantley High School

Michael Davis, University of Arkansas (prize winner!)

Steven Davis, University of South Carolina

Saulo De La Rosa, Lake Brantley High School

Josh Deese, University of South Carolina

Feliciano Delgado, Northeastern Illinois University (prize winner!)

Daniel Deloff, Clarkson University

Joseph DePalma, Lake Brantley High School

Valkiria DeSouza, Lake Brantley High School

Cody deVries, Georgian College

Excelia Dewi, Georgian College

Balwinder Dhillon, Georgian College

Gianfranco Di Santo, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Kayla Dickerson, Lake Brantley High School

Dwight Dickinson, Georgian College

Paul Do, Lake Brantley High School

Matthew Donovan, Lake Brantley High School

John Doyle, Northern Illinois University

Dean Drafts, Lake Brantley High School

John Duncan, University of Houston (prize winner!)

Kendrick Eargle, University of South Carolina

Thomas Eden, University of South Carolina

Tanner Eggert, Lake Brantley High School

Stephanie Elkin, Lake Brantley High School

Theresa Ellenwood, College of Southern Maryland

Jason El-Massih, Algonquin Regional High School

Mark Elsinger, Clarkson University

Megan Elwood, Lake Brantley High School

Hunter Enoch, Northern Guilford High School

Justin Erickson, Lake Brantley High School

Gabriel Finn, Lake Brantley High School

Cesar Fischer, Lake Brantley High School

Connor Flynn, Lake Brantley High School

Joshua Ford, University of Central Oklahoma (prize winner!)

Cymone Forde, Lake Brantley High School

Jared Fox, Lake Brantley High School

Dan Fuhry, Rochester Institute of Technology (prize winner!)

Samuel Fuller, Canyons Technical Education Center (prize winner!)

Laurel Gardner, Lake Brantley High School

Eugene Garrick, Lake Brantley High School

Chris Gery, Syracuse University

Caroline Gibbs, Lake Brantley High School

Anton Gilgur, Wayne Hills High School

John Godek, Lake Brantley High School

Jake Goldberg, Lake Brantley High School

Erik Gomez, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Connor Graham, Western University (prize winner!)

Brandon Gray, Lake Brantley High School

Ben Guerrero, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Wei Guo, Ryerson University

Abhishek Gupta, Georgian College

Mario Gutierrez, Texas State University

Fernando Guzman, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Jung Ha, Ryerson University

Shane Hale, Rochester Institute of Technology (prize winner!)

Ali Hamdani, Lake Brantley High School

Christopher Harmer, Lake Brantley High School

Dontrell Harris, North Carolina A&T State University

Marquis Harrison, University of South Carolina

Paige Harvey, Georgian College

Francesca Hasapes, Lake Brantley High School (prize winner!)

Rubyta Herwinda, Georgian College

Mindy Higley, Lake Brantley High School

Aaron Hnatiw, Georgian College

Tareq Hossain, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Jie Hou, Northern Illinois University

Joseph Houghton, Lake Brantley High School

Tyler Howard, West Texas A&M University (prize winner!)

Jimmy Howze, Lake Brantley High School

Stephen Hu, New York University

Shahriar Husainy, Columbus State University

Zachary Hutchinson, Hunter College (prize winner!)

Yeongwoo Hwang, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts (prize winner!)